DeSmogBlog

JULY 26, 2020

Read time: 13 mins By Matt Kasper , originally published at Energy and Policy Institute. Tags: electric utilities FirstEnergy Southern Company Entergy Corp exelon in exchange for passing a law that bailed out that company’s nuclear and coal plants. .

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 14, 2020

Read time: 6 mins By Joe Smyth, Energy and Policy Institute. This was originally posted on the Energy and Policy Institute. coal plants over the next decade. coal plants over the next decade.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 30, 2020

Read time: 6 mins By Dave Anderson , Energy and Policy Institute. Originally posted on Energy and Policy Institute. Some of those same energy companies, and their trade associations, have for years lobbied for the use of the Defense Production Act to bail out struggling coal plants.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Read time: 4 mins By Joe Smyth , Energy and Policy Institute. This was originally posted on the Energy and Policy Institute. Tags: clean coal Peabody Energy electric utilities Kemper In the latest sign of the U.S. In the latest sign of the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Read time: 9 mins Politicians responsible for drafting laws criminalizing pipeline protests in Louisiana, West Virginia, and Minnesota did so after receiving significant funding from the fossil fuel industry, according to a new report by the Institute for Policy Studies , a progressive think tank based in Washington, D.C.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 7, 2020

That threat to bus in hundreds of protesters, “potentially adding to this pandemic,” apparently worked as San Luis Obispo city officials have postponed the April 7 vote on its Clean Energy Choice Program indefinitely.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The emails , obtained via an open records request by the Energy and Policy Institute and shared with DeSmog, appear to show contacts between Pembina officials and Coos County commissioners — communications that were not disclosed during public hearings.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Koch money funds individual courses, professorships, fellowships, and even energy research and policy programs, like the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and the Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 30, 2020

Tags: ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) chris horner Energy Policy Advocates climate liability ExxonMobil has itself argued that attorneys general and municipal officials that have sued the company are engaged in a conspiracy to take down Big Oil.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Read time: 9 mins Fossil fuel interests appear intent on swaying public opinion about the electric vehicle tax credit, based on recent polling on the policy. Tags: kochvsclean EV tax credit IER American Energy Alliance tom pyle Mike McKenna

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Duke Energy has detailed the various paths its utilities in the Carolinas could take over the next 15 years, a choice that will determine how quickly Duke cuts its carbon footprint and how much it will cost. All of the scenarios go well beyond Duke’s previous IRPs in leaning more heavily on solar, onshore wind and energy storage.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 7, 2019

Read time: 8 mins A scheme to abolish the Department of Energy ( DOE ) helped spur a failed 1980 Libertarian Party presidential bid — and in the process laid the groundwork for Charles and David Koch's powerful network of influence — as documents from a newly published archive show.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Ted Boutrous of law firm Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher , an attorney for Chevron and chief architect of Big Oil’s legal arguments in these cases , said in a statement that “addressing climate change requires a coordinated international policy response, not meritless local litigation over lawful and essential energy production.”

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 24, 2020

His article asks the federal government to allow oil and gas companies to behave like the OPEC cartel and limit oil production, raise prices on already suffering Americans during the COVID -19 pandemic, and continue with a status quo energy policy.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 1, 2020

In this Greentech Media series, we’re asking people with jobs in cleantech — from installing solar panels, to permitting wind projects, to promoting building energy efficiency software — to tell us what they really do all day. Chinyere Osuala is a senior associate attorney for the clean energy program at Earthjustice.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The content appears to be official promotional material endorsed by the COP28 hosts, featuring the hashtags #climatechangeambassador, #COP28, #COP28UAE and tagged the official UAE COP28 Instagram account @cocp28uaeofficial. The posts shared the same hashtags and tagged the same official COP28 Instagram account. Credit: Instagram.

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2021

Thanks to the support of BCG, Schroders, SNC Lavalin, ENGIE, Bank of America, Drax, Derwent London, and Energy Saving Trust a limited number of free passes to attend the three day Net Zero Festival virtual summit are now available.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 27, 2021

For this episode of the Local Energy Rul es Podcast, host John Farrell speaks with City Administrator Shannon Mortenson of Warren, Minnesota. Mortenson and the city partnered with a community college to pilot a novel project; the college, using drones and thermal cameras, captures images that display energy leaks in homes and businesses.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 31, 2020

Long duration energy storage holds great potential for a world in which wind and solar power dominate new power plant additions and gradually overtake other sources of electricity. Second, spurred by this success, many utility companies, states and nations are upping their targets for clean energy. Liquid air.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 25, 2022

That is due to gas prices soaring more quickly than electricity prices in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the government's recent decision to temporarily shift environmental and social policy levies from electricity bills onto general taxation as part of its Energy Price Guarantee.

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2022

Research by Inside Housing has put a price tag of £104bn on decarbonising all the UK's homes, with an upper estimate of £250bn - equivalent to just under a quarter of the government's total projected spending for 2022-23. Plus, improving energy efficiency reduces the amount of energy suppliers are able to sell.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

While nature doesn’t come with a clearly labeled price tag, sustainability innovation understands that there is great economic value in preserving ecosystems, natural resources, biodiversity, and cultures and communities around the world. Ginkgo Sustainability Inc. Ginkgo Sustainability Inc. Besides the shipping container itself, S.I.

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Christopher Kemper

MARCH 22, 2020

There are two main exceptions: Northeastern US markets whereby homeowners consume oil for heating 2) markets where gas is tied to oil pricing, which can impact the input pricing for energy. Nut shell: Decentralized energy (solar and storage) for residential consumers is largely uncorrelated to the residential solar power and energy storage.

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Christopher Kemper

MARCH 22, 2020

There are two main exceptions: Northeastern US markets whereby homeowners consume oil for heating 2) markets where gas is tied to oil pricing, which can impact the input pricing for energy. Nut shell: Decentralized energy (solar and storage) for residential consumers is largely uncorrelated to the residential solar power and energy storage.

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Christopher Kemper

MARCH 22, 2020

There are two main exceptions: Northeastern US markets whereby homeowners consume oil for heating 2) markets where gas is tied to oil pricing, which can impact the input pricing for energy. Nut shell: Decentralized energy (solar and storage) for residential consumers is largely uncorrelated to the residential solar power and energy storage.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Perhaps the most pertinent forerunner to this campaign is not Brexit, but the various campaigns previously pedalled by Baker's friends at the Global Warming Policy Foundation and the accompanying network of 'free market' think tanks and media titles. And they've argued for fracking, only to watch it get itself banned. And that's it.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Green businesses contend the social media giant's policies are treating their adverts in the same way as campaigns from 'dark money' funded lobbyists, undermining the timeliness and effectiveness of their marketing messages in the process.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Liz Truss has promised to transform the UK into an "aspiration nation" characterised by tax cuts, regulatory reform, and business-led growth and investments in her first speech as Prime Minister, as she touted boosting the economy, tackling the worsening energy crisis and supporting the NHS as the top three priorities for her new government.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Incoming Prime Minister Liz Truss is expected to announce a sweeping new plan to freeze energy bills, as one of her first acts upon taking office this week. It also revealed that the plan had been briefed to energy industry leaders yesterday, who were said to be broadly receptive to the proposals.

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2023

Major new report from Energy Transition Commission concludes bridging the net zero investment gap is a 'manageable macroeconomic challenge' How much will it cost to build a net zero emission economy? Moreover, this price tag is for capital investments, not costs. Again, it sounds like a lot but it is equivalent to around 1.3

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 8, 2023

Through media briefs, we aim to provide useful factual and contextual information related to Canada’s clean energy transition. Canada’s grid is already 84% emissions free, but as the energy transition progresses, more homes, vehicles, and industries will be plugging into the grid.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The political consensus on the UK's climate strategy has never looked more frayed at precisely the same time as public support for bolder climate policies has never been higher - and the opposition is seeking to take full advantage of that fact. Labour's new green energy policy is a case in point.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 18, 2019

2019 has seen a steady evolution of policy, regulation and business model innovation at the grid edge. In July 2019, Tendril (after a series of acquisitions in customer analytics) announced a merger with Simple Energy to become Uplight. and global grid edge ecosystem. Flexibility. or other regions.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 5, 2021

LED lights are by far the most efficient type of lighting on the market, using 75% less energy and lasting 25 times longer than incandescent bulbs. Consider Renewable Energy. One of the most ambitious sustainable business practices is investing in renewable energy. Switch All Lighting to LEDs. Globally, approximately 3.8%

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2021

In fact, the reverse is true, and often by a large margin: globally, government subsidies for fossil fuels are tagged at more than $440bn per year, according to IEA (International Energy Agency) estimates. It may seem paradoxical, but renewables only see a fractional 20 per cent of the subsidies paid to the energy sector.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 10, 2021

TAG), the largest natural gas transporter in Brazil. Until early 2020, Teck was a member of Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), “the voice of Canada’s upstream oil and natural gas industry”, which the climate thinktank InfluenceMap gives an “F-” for its lobbying against climate policy.

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Terra Infirma

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Twenty years ago I found myself attending a community engagement event on Teesside about renewable energy. The weekly bin collection policy was ditched by his Government the following year. A woman told us that she had been to Blyth, Northumberland on a fact-finding trip to see the wind-turbines on the coast there. It was unbelievable!

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